Yellow Dogs and Republicans: Allan Shivers and Texas Two-Party Politics

207 Pages·2005·1.38 MB·English

by  Ricky F. Dobbs

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Yellow Dogs and Republicans
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yellow dogs
AND
republicans
Allan Shivers and
Texas Two-Party Politics
ricky f. dobbs
texas a&m university press
College Station
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Copyright © 2005 by Ricky F. Dobbs
Manufactured in the United States of America
All rights reserved
First edition
The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements
of the American National Standard for Permanence
of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z39.48-1984.
Binding materials have been chosen for durability.
(cid:2)(cid:3)
Unless noted otherwise, photographs are courtesy of the Texas
State Archives.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dobbs, Ricky F.
Yellow Dogs and Republicans: Allan Shivers and
Texas two-party politics / Ricky F. Dobbs.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn1-58544-407-3 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Shivers, Allan, 1907– 2. Governors — Texas — Biography.
3. Texas — Politics and government — 1865–1950.
4. Texas — Politics and government — 1951–
5. Political parties — Texas — History — 20th century. I. Title
f391.s562d63 2005
976.4(cid:2)063(cid:2)092—dc22
2004016550
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For My Parents
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contents
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
introduction 3
chapter one
Portrait of the Politician as a Young Man 7
chapter two
Turmoil and Transition: Shivers and the Texas Political Scene, 1938–45 19
chapter three
“That All Depends upon God and Allan Shivers,” 1945–49 36
chapter four
Ascent and Election in His Own Right, 1949–50 52
chapter five
Maneuvers, Intrigues, and Party Leadership, 1951–52 66
chapter six
Vote Texan, Vote Ike, 1952 82
chapter seven
Self-Perpetuation and a Third Term, 1953–54 97
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viii Contents
chapter eight
Scandals and Decline, 1955 115
chapter nine
Last Fights and Departure, 1956–57 130
epilogue 147
Notes 151
Selected Bibliography 177
Index 185
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illustr ations
Allan Shivers 5
John Shary 15
Governors James V. Allred (Texas) and Walter Huxman (Kansas) 17
Governor W. Lee “Pappy” O’Daniel 21
Allan and Marialice Shivers 22
Coke Stevenson, governor 1941–1947 28
Governor Stevenson speaks to shipyard workers 34
Beauford Jester, governor 1947–1949 38
Jester takes inaugural oath, 1947 46
Allan Shivers in western garb 67
President Dwight Eisenhower and Shivers, 1953 98
Shivers speaks at the Tyler Rose Festival, 1952 133